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DEEP BAY
Runway
2250 x 50 yds.
2250 x 100 yds.
3200 x 100 yds.
Cost
€2,650,000
£2,750,000
£3,750,000
Time from date of decision
2 years ་
2 years
27 months
Extra strip 3000 yds and
Extra €1,250,000
Extra 2 years.
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further reclamation
It should be noted that the opinion of the A.0.C., Hong Kong and Local Works Officers was strongly against any change,
The and I think unduly optomistic as to time and cost. C.-in-C., therefore,
was ficed with conflicting technical advice and struck an average in his signal dated 15th February 1946
The above estimates are all-in saying: "Early 1947". costs, includin; lund, re-housing, building runway, F. Ts and construction costs for strengths as given in Air Ministry D.D.0.2 conference dated 13th December 1945. It does not, however, include possible compensation mentioned in para. 8 above.
11. It should also be noted that very little nugatory work has been done on Ping Shan. Good camps for personnel have been made; good granite quarries have been opened and work 13 proceeding, and also the collection of of a large amount of sand from the seashore; two small access roads have been built on to the site, but no start has been made for the runways. However, an early decision would enable them to gut straight chund with the work as all the necessary notices have been Berved. It must be noted that Ping Shan is a one runway airfield, and will be subject at times to
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therefore, considerable cross-vinds and turbulance. that the runway, if made it all, should be constructed 100 yards wide in the first instance, for it will be quite impossible to widen it later without putting the whole airfield out of action, though it would be possible to
From the Works point of lengthen it later while in use. view it is ensier to start at the North end and work South; any later extension would be made further to the South. This opinion as to a 100 yard runway is given purely from the R.A. F. point of view, but there is also the factor that the wider runway would also be applicable to civil standards and would, therefore, be more likely to be used by them. For Decy By an accuss rond of about 2 miles will have to be
It will be impossible built before any work can be started.
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to take this across the paddy land once the monsoon has started; the monsoon is usually from, say, 1st June to mid-September. at least one month's notice must be given to land owners before we can unter on to their land. therefore, a start is to be made on Deep Bay, an early decision is necessary. Probably it is already too late to start work before the monsoon, as in any case it will take some time for a detailed survey of the cite to be carried out, but a decision should be given before the crops start
estimates of cost are based on being planted in June.
certain assumptions as to what lies in the centre of the hill to be removed. Approximately a 100' cut, at most, will be required, and it is reasonable to assume that the rock in the centre of the hill will be considerably harder than
This, however, has beci. tha Jocomposed rock on the surface. allowed for in the estimate.
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